International Relations

Newsweek: It’s Time for an East Asian NATO

By Jianli Yang & Yonghun Kim - April 26, 2023 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Washington this week for his first state visit to the United States. He met with President Joe Biden, is to deliver a speech at Harvard University, and address a joint...

Washington Times: ‘The economy is security’ and vice versa

Yoon's Washington visit should boost chances of a Democratic values-based 'economic NATO' in East Asia By Jianli Yang & Yonghun Kim - April 24, 2023 This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice and the security alliance between the United...

Washington Times: China’s corruption spreads to Africa

Conduct undermines dignity and freedom of local populace By Jianli Yang - April 19, 2023 China‘s diplomatic and economic engagement with Africa can be dated back to the period of African decolonization (the mid-1950s to 1975), when African countries started to gain...

Washington Times: How some automakers are inadvertently empowering the Chinese Communist Party

China is using its strategic advantage in rare earth minerals as leverage against U.S. By Jianli Yang - April 10, 2023 As a longtime China analyst and watchdog, I am gravely concerned that electric vehicle manufacturers appear to be inadvertently selling America’s...